31_days | [Oct 31][Darker than Black] Memories in the Moonlight

Title: Memories in the Moonlight
Day/Theme: 31/Ofrenda
Series: Darker than Black
Character: Yin-centric
Rating: G. Spoiler for episode 13. Arguably. I don't own the series.

A deafening roar. It confounds my senses. I stumble after Kastinen, aware only of his hand tugging me along, pulling me away from the collapsing building.

We collapse on the grass outside. I can feel the sharp blades poking up through my skirt.

All around, there is only an eerie silence. I can hear is the thudding of my heart. Its strange that it should beat so hard and fast when it never has before.

Then the very air seems to change. It feels almost as if the moon has come out from behind a cloud. Logically, I know that it cannot be the moon, which disappeared a long time ago, along with the rest of the stars. Still, somehow, this feels very much the same.

Soft silvery light pours down on me. Triggering memories. Memories lived in the moonlight. Some are good, others would have been better forgotten.

It is said that Dolls have no emotions. Still. My heart stirs within me. For an unknown reason, I am moved to stretch out my arms, palms upturned to the unseen moon, as if in supplication.

The light pours down. It seems to reach deep inside. Though it makes no sense, the light seems to ease a feeling that is not unlike pain.

I do not understand.

I remember saying to Kastinen on a moondrenched night like this that I've always liked the silvery glow. That I might be blind, but I'd always know if the moon was full.

Tonight's light, though it is probably not from the real moon, is not unlike the moonlight so long ago even as it wraps me in its cool, impersonal embrace.

So why am I crying?